Practical Ideas for Coping with Burnout and Stress

If you are constantly going through stress, feeling helpless and totally exhausted, you may be slowly approaching burnout. In a burnout, you find problems insoluble and everything miserable, and you just can’t muster up the energy to help yourself. Furthermore, the sadness and detachment caused by burnout can risk your relationship, job and health too. However the good news is that by identifying the problem on time, you can take measures to prevent burnout. If in case you have already been trapped by it, you can do several things to regain your positivity and hopes again.

What is Burnout?

Burnout is a state where there is physical, mental and emotional exhaustion resulting from overly and prolonged stress. It takes place when you are emotionally drained, overwhelmed and incapable of meeting constant needs. With the continuation of stress, you start losing the motivation and interest that once made you to take on a specific role in the first place.

Burnout has a major role to play in reduction of productivity and energy drain and it leaves you feeling more and more helpless, resentful and cynical.

Difference Between Burnout and Stress

Burnout may arise from relentless stress, but it is not the same as excessive stress. By and large, stress involves too much or too many pressures that asks for too much from you physically and mentally. But stressed out people are still able to imagine that if they just can get a control over everything, they will feel better.

On the other hand, burnout is feeling totally empty, completely lacking motivation and beyond caring. Those who experience burnout usually don’t hope for any positive change in their life.

Also, while you can often understand that you are undergoing a lot of stress, burnout is usually not noticed.

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De-stress Body and Mind

Whenever you find your stress level increased, you can do an exercise to bring it down. This exercise has the ability to make you feel calm within a few seconds and increase your mental focus. This exercise has been designed by Wayne Cook, the renowned bio-energy researcher.

Stretch out both your arms in front of your body with the backs of your palms facing each other.

Now cross both the hand over each other and clasp your palms together.

Keeping palms clasped, rotate them downwards and up to rest on your chest.

Cross your ankles.

Rest in this position for two minutes with your eyes closed and breathing comfortably. Hold this position as long as you can. The longer you will hold it, the more relaxed you will feel.

Replenish Your Energy

Sit in a quiet corner of your home with eyes closed. Imagine a bright magenta light glowing above your head. Imagine it flowing into your body thereby replenishing and energizing your systems. Do this as long as you can or as you feel the need. After doing this, you will feel much more energetic and relaxed.

Turn to Others

Talk with a good friend who should be a good listener. Such a friend need not be someone who can fix your stressors; s/he should only listen to you without being distracted or judging you. Talking to such a friend will calm down your nervous system and relieve your stress. Another benefit of this is that your friend will be pleased that you trust her/him enough and talk and this will strengthen your friendship.

Renew the Way You Consider Your Work

If it’s your job that is leaving you frustrated because it doesn’t offer you any moments of rest or is monotonous and unsatisfactory, the best solution is to quit it and find another satisfying job. However, this is not easy for all. In that case, you can change the way you look at your job.

Think if there is a value in what you do: Even jobs that appear mundane may contain something that is helpful to others. For example, in a sales job, you make products or services available to people, in a worker’s job, you are a part of a manufacturing process of useful merchandise, etc. If your job is decent, it’s definitely helpful to others. Look at it in that way and your feeling of dissatisfaction will be reduced.

Find fulfillment elsewhere: If you hate your work, you can find fulfillment in other things in life, e.g. hobbies, pets, friends, family or a voluntary work. Find something that can offer you happiness.

The most important thing for coming out of burnout and stress is to identify them on time, so that you can use the above tips to deter them. Identify them on time and live a happy life because you deserve it!